Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Euthanasia is abandonment. Canada is debating expanding euthanasia to people who are not terminally ill, such as people with dementia. Recently a Québec court struck down the part of the criminal code that required that a person’s “death be reasonably forseeable.” The terminal illness restriction, in the law, preventedContinue reading “Dementia Advocacy Canada promotes euthanasia for people with dementia”
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Dutch ‘Forced Euthanasia’ Doctor Cleared of Charges
This article was published by National Review online on September 11, 2019. By Wesley Smith: I could have told you this would happen. A Dutch doctor who lethally injected a dementia patient, has been cleared of criminal charges. Euthanizing dementia patients isn’t against the law in Netherlands if the patient expressed a desire to dieContinue reading “Dutch ‘Forced Euthanasia’ Doctor Cleared of Charges”
Dutch court expands euthanasia law by acquitting doctor who euthanized a patient with dementia without effective consent.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. A court in the Hague Netherlands has expanded the euthanasia law by acquitting a doctor who euthanized a woman with dementia who resisted the injection and said No. The case concerned the euthanasia of a woman with dementia who resisted so the doctor sedated the woman by putting drugsContinue reading “Dutch court expands euthanasia law by acquitting doctor who euthanized a patient with dementia without effective consent.”
Dutch doctor on trial for euthanasia without effective consent. Punishment is not being proposed.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The trial of the doctor who lethally injected (euthanasia) an incompetent woman without effective consent is happening this week in the Hague Netherlands. The case concerns the euthanasia of a woman with dementia who resisted so the doctor sedated the woman by secretly putting drugs in her coffee. The womanContinue reading “Dutch doctor on trial for euthanasia without effective consent. Punishment is not being proposed.”
Marketing Death and Alzheimer’s Disease
This article was written and published by Nancy Valko on August 9, 2019. Nancy Valko By Nancy Valko An April, 2019 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Attitudes Toward Physician-Assisted Death From Individuals Who Learn They Have an Alzheimer Disease Biomarker” found that approximately 20% of cognitively normal older adults whoContinue reading “Marketing Death and Alzheimer’s Disease”
Québec man sentenced to two years in the death of his wife. He claimed it was a "mercy killing."
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Michel Cadotte Michel Cadotte, the Québec man who killed his wife, Jocelyne Lizette (60) by suffocation on February 20, 2017, was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury. Cadotte, claimed that his wife wouldn’t have wanted to live this way. Cadotte had asked for euthanasia for his wife andContinue reading “Québec man sentenced to two years in the death of his wife. He claimed it was a "mercy killing."”
Belgian tug-of-war over euthanasia for mental illness and dementia
This article was published by Mercatornet on May 13, 2019 By Michael Cook: Wim Distelmans Belgium’s leading advocate for euthanasia liberalisation is campaigning vigorously for euthanasia for people with dementia. According to the current euthanasia law, patients are only eligible if they are fully aware and competent. This can lead to distressing situations and mustContinue reading “Belgian tug-of-war over euthanasia for mental illness and dementia”
Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition There is a concerted campaign led by Canada’s euthanasia lobby to extend euthanasia to people with dementia, who previously expressed a wish to die by euthanasia. Audrey Parker died on November 1, 2018 as part of a DWD campaign to promote euthanasia for incompetent people (Link to the article).AnContinue reading “Magazine article promotes euthanasia for people with dementia.”
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